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Extracts from "The Living Room: A Memoir"

ORIENTATIONS TO TEXT, REVISITED

READERS' MEMORIALS IN EARLY EDITIONS OF CHAUCER

SIR DEGREVANT IN THE "FINDERN ANTHOLOGY" (CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MS FF.1.6)

ROBERT COPLAND AND THE JUDGEMENT OF LOVE

APPENDIX 1

A. Distribution of cuts for grotesque ‘I’

PRESS VARIANTS IN Q2 HAMLET: AN ACCIDENT ON N(OUTER)

BEYOND FURBANK AND OWENS: A NEW CONSIDERATION OF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE "DEFOE" CANON

LINES PER PAGE, ENGRAVINGS, AND CATCHWORDS IN MILTON’S 1720 POETICAL WORKS

OFFSET EVIDENCE IN EDWARD YOUNG’S THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS 1755)

UNCOLLECTED PERIODICAL PROSE BY ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD

THACKERAY'S ARTICLES IN THE MORNING CHRONICLE

WILKIE COLLINS IN SMITH, ELDER BOARDS 1865–66

MARK TWAIN AND BRET HARTE: A MYSTERIOUS EARLY PIRACY IN CONTEXT

DIRECTORIES OF AMERICAN BOOKSTORES TO 1950: ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

Notes on Contributors

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

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APPENDIX 1

Grotesque ‘I’ In the Books of Robert Copland,

William Copland, and William Hill, 1514 – 1550

The following catalogue is based on an examination of all the surviving output of Robert Copland and William Hill, plus all of William Copland’s output except STC 477.9 [1556] and STC 14837 [1562?]. Six items attributed to Robert Copland are also included: STC 17540 (1514), 14082 (16 May 1515), 17972 (5 May 1515), 965 (l521 before 22 April]), 14558 (6 Oct 1521), and 6835 [l523?]. On these attributions, see Gwara, "Three Forms of w," 149–167.

A. Distribution of cuts for grotesque ‘I’

Robert Copland:
1514 – 1521:	STC 17540 (1514), 14082 (16 May 1515), 17972 (5 May 1515), 965 (1521 [before 22 April]), 14558 (6 Oct. 1521).
1522 – 1530:	STC 15206 (l522) 3123 [1523?] 6835 [1523?], 770 (7 Aug. 1528), 25421.2 (24 Dec 1528), 14563 (1529), 25421.3 (31 Oct. 1530).
1540s:	STC 5204.5 [c 1542?], 5732 [l545?].
William Copland:	STC 21043 [1549?], 2976 (13 May 1550), 19903 [c. 1550].
William Hill:	STC 2078 (1549).

B. Catalogue

I-1 STC 17540 (1514), 17972 (5 May 1515), 14082 (l6 May 1515), 770 (7 Aug. I528), 25421.2 (24 Dec. 1528), 25421.3 (31 Oct. 1530); William Copland: STC 21043 [1549?L 2976 (l3 May 1550).
This cut originally belonged to de Worde, who used it routinely between 1502 (STC 15376) and 14 September 1510 (STC 23876). After that time, it appears in only five "de Worde" books—the three that I have attributed to Copland plus STC 23877 (8 Oct. 1521) and STC 966 (1527). On Copland’s use of this initial, see Gwara, "Three Forms of w," 152–154, 166–167.
I-2 STC 965 (1521 [before 22 April]), 14558 (6 Oct. 1521), 15206 (18 Nov. 1522), 770 (7 Aug. 1528), 14563 (1529), 5204.5 [c. 1542?], 5732 [l545?]; William Copland: STC 21043 [1549?], 19903 [c. 1550]; William Hill: STC 2078 (l549).
Copland almost certainly acquired this cut around 1521. I have identified seven states:
State a STC 965 (1521 [before 22 April]), 14558 (6 Oct. 1521).
The outline below the wing of the figure (between the foot and wingtip) is intact. The lower line of the fourth triangle in the right serrated border is worn or broken off. (This wear suggests that the cut may have been used in a lost book printed before STC 965.)

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State b STC 15206 (18 Nov. 1522).
The outline below the wing of the figure (between the foot and wingtip) has broken off. The apices of the triangles in the two serrated borders show minor wear.
State c STC 770 (7 Aug. 1528).
The apex of the far right triangle in the upper serrated border is badly worn or broken off. The outline across from the figure’s neck exhibits minor fracturing (not apparent in the illustration due to heavy inking).
State d STC 14563 (1529).
A vertical crack or scratch runs through the figure’s head (crest), neck, and wing; the outline of the neck has broken away. The upper line of the fifth triangle in the right serrated border has also broken off.
State e STC 5204.5 [c. 1542?].
The apices of the triangles in both serrated borders show significant wear and/or breakage. The presence of this border proves that STC 5204.5 was printed before STC 5732.
State f STC 5732 [1545?].
The upper serrated border and upper right corner of the block have broken off. The apices of the triangles in the right serrated border are badly worn. The state of the cut shows that STC 5732 was printed after STC 5204.5.
State g STC 2078 (1549) 21043 [1549?L 19903 [c. 1550].
The right serrated border is badly worn; all but two of its triangle decorations are missing.
I-3 STC 965 (l521 [before 22 April]), 3123 [1523?], 6835 [l523?].
This cut is documented in only three books, two of which Copland printed for others. A similar grotesque was used by de Worde, albeit infrequently, between 1506 (STC 12381) and 14 September 1510 (STC 23876).
I-4 STC 15206 (18 Nov. 1522), 6835 [1523?], 25421.2 (24 Dec. 1528).
Before passing to Copland, this cut belonged to de Worde, who used it routinely between 28 February 1510 (STC 708.5, sig. H1r) and 8 October 1521 (STC 23877). The differences in the appearance of the letter as documented in 1522 and 1528 may be due solely to the presswork.
I-5 STC 15206 (18 Nov. 1522).
This cut also belonged to de Worde, who used it between 4 September 1507 (STC 24878.3–8.5) and 8 October 1521 (STC 23877). It is not seen in English printing after 1522.